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FIT President Joyce F. Brown with Sustainability Council Chair Karen R. Peterson at the FIT Changemaker Award ceremony, where Dr. Brown received the award for her legacy of contributions to sustainability at FIT.

Sustainability Conference Welcomes Circularity Trailblazers

April 14, 2025 Kim Masibay College & Campus, Sustainability, Top Stories

On April 8 and 9, FIT’s 19th Annual Sustainable Business and Design Conference, Charting a Course Toward Circularity, brought together […]

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FIT’s Sustainability Conference Looks to the Future

April 15, 2024 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, Sustainability, Top Stories

At the 18th annual Sustainable Business and Design Conference, April 9 and 10, innovators across the sustainability spectrum shared their […]

Globally Connected @ FIT: Sustainable Fashion and the Sea—Fish Skin as Ecological Resource

August 16, 2023 Laura Hatmaker

Learn about new models of sustainable textiles in this conversation on connections between anthropology, fashion, and indigenous knowledge. Elisa Palomino […]

Werewool Wins Competition Seeking Solutions to Microplastics Pollution

April 18, 2022 Jonathan Vatner Alumni, Innovation, School of Liberal Arts, Students, Sustainability, Top Stories

A biotech team formed at FIT has won the Conservation X Labs Microfiber Innovation Challenge, a competition seeking solutions to […]